ISLAMABAD: According to American news channel CNN, former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged that his government secretly struck an agreement with US regarding drone strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan. This is the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal, the news channel said. In an interview this week in Islamabad, Musharraf insisted ...

By  Rida Zaheer President Barack Obama has cleared the way for the US to provide military assistance to Somalia as it rebuilds itself following years of conflict.  He  issued a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry saying it would "strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace". The move now gives Mr Kerry the option to provide defence aid to Somalia. Last month, the UN Security Counc ...

 Najam Sethi Sahib, Assalamu Alaikum! You may not like to make major policy decisions, nor would you like to incur new expenditure. Here are some suggestions that will not involve either factor but still make your short stay as Chief Minister of the Punjab memorable. Reverse the present policy on official language The present policy is that English is the official language of the province but Urdu may be us ...

Sher Muhammad Khan Few times ago, American think-tanks have claimed that Pakistan and China entered into a new understanding in mid-February for the construction of another nuclear reactor in Pakistan, which is their view, would violate Beijing's commitment to the Nuclear Supplies Group(NSG). While china has strongly denied this, a few facts about proliferation in South Asia need to be recalled. India's nuc ...

Mohammad Faheem Altaf Hussain has questioned the ideology of Pakistan by asking the Supreme Court and the Parliament to define what the Ideology of Pakistan was. It seems that either the MQM leader does not really know or he intentionally wants to downgrade the country’s basic root which is the real foundation of this country, having no other rai-sond’etre for its existence. Altaf Hussain cannot falsify his ...

Written by: Afreen Baig 1-      On 13 May 2000, Pakistan’s 12 member Supreme Court unanimously validated the October 1999 coup and granted Musharraf executive and legislative authority for 3 years from the coup date. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was one of the judges that validated. (Link) Further on 27 April 2002, the Supreme Court reaffirmed their judgment regarding 1999 Emergency, PCO No.1 of 1999 and Refer ...

By  PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER  The General Elections 2013 shall give a new colour to the history of Pakistan. Now-a-days one could feel a great hustle and bustle among all political sections of society in Pakistan because it is the very first time that a politically elected democratic government successfully completed its tenure. The results of the upcoming elections would show, up to what level, the previous ...

By Alex Lantier Over the weekend, US officials continued to threaten North Korea with war, demanding that China cut off its support to the regime in Pyongyang. This comes after weeks of US threats aimed at Pyongyang’s nuclear program, during which Washington flew nuclear-capable bombers to Korea to demonstrate its capacity to wage nuclear war against the North. Last week, US officials revealed that these mo ...